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From the Los Angeles Times (link): Visiting Chinese leaders in the past have warmed American hearts by donning cowboy hats, dancing the hula and belting out renditions of “O Sole Mio,” helping soften an impression of robot-like communist officials. Image makers say China faces a tougher sell with President Hu Jintao, who lands in Seattle […]
Read MoreFrom the Independent (link): Chinese organisers want the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics to be the most spectacular ever seen, so it’s no surprise they’ve called in Steven Spielberg to help. And to hammer home the message that the country’s first Olympic Games are a vital showcase for the booming new […]
Read MoreIt was announced today that Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley of the New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for “for their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation’s legal system evolves.” The series can be found here. The Pulitzer announcement is here.
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune, via the Mercury News (link): When “Brokeback Mountain” came to China, government censors balked at a gay-cowboy romance and refused to approve the film. But Chinese movie fans barely noticed. They were too busy watching the film. Most had picked up a pirated DVD, for about $1, on the street. Others […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters (link): AOL, the online unit of media giant Time Warner Inc., said on Monday it has formed a tie-up with China’s number two media company, one of its first such pairings since it withdrew from the Chinese market in 2003. Under their new relationship, the broadband content arm of Shanghai Media Group (SMG) […]
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